MBB – Shares

MBB’s share capital is divided into 5,436,169 no-par value bearer shares. The company was floated on the stock market on 9 May 2006 at an issue price of EUR 9.50. The shares have been traded on the Prime Standard segment since 20 June 2008. A high international standard of transparency for the shareholders is guaranteed as a result.

Market information:

WKN/ISIN	A0ETBQ/DE000A0ETBQ4
Ticker symbol / Reuters code	MBB / MBBG.DE
Number of shares	5.436.169
Class of shares	Ordinary bearer shares with no par value (no- par shares)
Stock exchanges	XETRA, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich
Free float	29%
Accounting standard	IFRS
End of the financial year	31 December
First quotation (Prime Standard)	20 June 2008
Designated sponsor	ODDO SEYDLER BANK AG
Associated indexes	CDAX, Classic All Share, DAXPLUS FAMILY, DAXsector Industrial, Prime All Share
Paying Agent	DZ Bank AG, Düsseldorf, Germany

Dividend policy

MBB paid a rising basic dividend for the 14th time in a row in 2024. According to a recent report by Handelsblatt, of around 600 German listed companies, only 10 companies have paid their shareholders an uninterrupted dividend increase for more than 10 years. Only 2 German companies have increased their dividends for longer than MBB.

Since MBB's IPO 18 years ago, the company has never lowered its dividend. Only 13 listed companies in Germany have not lowered their dividends over a longer period of time.

Shareholder structure

MBB’s share capital is € 5,436,169 and is divided into 5,436,169 no-par value bearer shares, around 66% of which are owned indirectly by the founders of MBB, Dr Christof Nesemeier and Gert-Maria Freimuth.

MBB in figures

Figures in thousands of EUR and margins as percentage of total output, unless otherwise indicated.

	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Sales revenues (adj.)	954,620	896,453	680,329	689,242	592,059
EBITDA (adj.)	80,216	93,166	79,574	85,725	67,593
EBITDA margin	8.4%	10.3%	11.7%	12.5 %	11.4%
EBIT (adj.)	38,208	53,335	46,868	56,157	47,661
EBIT margin	4.0%	5.9%	6.9 %	8.2 %	8.0%
EBT (adj.)	39,778	49,024	40,659	49,009	37,961
EBT margin	4.2%	5.4%	6.0 %	7.1 %	6.4%
Consolidated net profit (adj.)	15,029	16,766	11,691	21,726	17,929
EPS (adj.) in EUR *	2.62	2.88	1.98	3.66	2.95
Dividend payment in thousands of EUR**	5,716	11,492	10,441	4,153	4,099
Dividend payment per share in EUR	1.00	1.98	1.76	0.70	0.69
Number of shares	5,716,392	5,814,059	5,911,913	5,940,751	5,940,751
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Total assets	1,149,020	1,121,527	1,152,320	802,667	844,692
Non-current assets	396,366	359,831	125,447	369,747	346,084
Current assets	752,655	761,697	218,394	432,920	498,608
Of which are cash and cash equivalents ***	529,635	512,978	622,503	330,165	340,193
Total equity	763,908	769,527	808,479	499,692	474,552
Non-current liabilities	102,662	105,454	125,447	121,001	149,919
Current liabilities	282,450	246,546	218,394	181,974	220,221
Net cash ***	475,293	445,204	534,563	252,567	249,838
Employee headcount	3,782	3,571	3,541	3,457	3,505

^{* Based on the average number of shares outstanding for the respective year.}
^{** 2018: based on 5,940,751 no-par shares
*** This figures include physical gold stocks}